Steve Downey @sdowney.org Professional C++ nerd. I worked to make optional<T&> happen. Working to make Text less bad in C++.
Whole person, not a brand. Posts about politics, software, books...
Software engineer at Bloomberg LP
Views are my own
he/him
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Paul M. Cray @pmc.bsky.social 'A plain, unvarnished Preston man.' Permanent resident alien in Seattle, Wash. Writer, AGI researcher, wine industry professional. Interests: books, futurology, historiographic metafiction, sf, technoeconomic paradigm shifts, the Technological Singularity
Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.com A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics! By @gretchenmcculloch.com and @superlinguo.bsky.social
"Fascinating" -NYT
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
Standard.site @standard.site Open standards for long-form & site lexicons. We build reusable schemas so the ecosystem can grow together.
To start, view definitions → https://standard.site
Docs → https://standard.site/docs
Chad Fowler @chadfowler.com GP&CTO @blueyard.com
Author, musician, speaker, developer
AT-proto based encrypted group chat protocol: @freeq.at
Regenerative Software with the Phoenix Architecture: https://aicoding.leaflet.pub/
https://chadfowler.com/
Captain Tom @jonforsyth.bsky.social music technologist | musician | awards eligible
TubesAndCode.studio @tubesandcodestudio.bsky.social Writing about electric guitar technology and culture from an engineering-focused perspective
Helping artists w/ web + social media infrastructure
Nuerodivergent software engineer. Metalhead. I love Super Strats and Explorers
https://tubesandcode.studio/
Jorge Garcia @jorgegarciamartin.com Co-Founder & CEO of @afectivo.es
Background in games development, professional audio, broadcast, R&D and music. Based in Madrid, Spain.
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J.D. Porter @jdporter.bsky.social https://www.jdporter.org/ Literature/DH scholar, Price Lab at UPenn | I work on text mining, canons, literature and philosophy, and so on | Writing in PMLA, Synthese, The Atlantic, Cultural Analytics, the Stanford Literary Lab pamphlet series, etc
Fernando 🌺🌌 @eudoxia.bsky.social interests: compilers, chemistry, logic, nanofabrication, pharmacology ❧ transhumanist ❧ essays, fiction: borretti.me ❧ code: github.com/eudoxia0 ❧ 🏳️🌈
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Daniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social Breeze connoisseur.
Cuth @cuthworks.bsky.social Audio plugin dev & aspiring music producer 🎧
Alexandernaut @alexandernaut.bsky.social Music software developer, electrical engineer, and composer. Developer of @fuguemachine.bsky.social, Arpeggionome, and LinkToMIDI. Working on something new 🔮. alexandernaut.com
Elias Jackson @eliasjackson.com Senior software engineer at Splice. Musician. Portland, OR. Learning Clojure in my free time.
Leah Roseman @leahroseman.bsky.social My podcast strives to inspire you through the personal stories of a diversity of musicians, with in-depth conversations and great music, that reveal the depth and breadth to a life in music. Conversations with Musicians: leahroseman.com
Xe @xeiaso.net Some nerd that uses computers | Blogger with 500-ish articles at https://xeiaso.net | @theprincessxena on the bird website | CEO @techaro.lol | Minors DNI
Camille Roux - Generative artist @art.camilleroux.com 🇫🇷 Generative artist • he/him • NFTs on gm.scribe, gm. studio, Bright Moments, 256art, fx(hash), SuperRare...
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social If there's something you hope will happen, well, maybe it will happen today.
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Audio Developer Conference @audiodevcon.bsky.social ADC is an annual event celebrating all audio development technologies, from music applications and game audio to audio processing and embedded systems. It is also aimed at showcasing academic research and facilitating collaborations with industry.
Dillon @freeyourradio.bsky.social Contributor to @iheartnoise.bandcamp.com. Host of Cosmic Church of I Heart Noise on @campradio.bsky.social every 3rd Saturday.
https://ihrtn.net/radio-show-cosmic-church-of-i-heart-noise-ep-85/
K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social Usually on an island. In Vermont for a bit. Making things for you. Shirts pay for skeets: https://www.teepublic.com/user/kthorjensen
Elif Yalvac @elifyalvac.bsky.social https://elifyalvac.com/
Guitarist, producer, composer
Pathway leader in electronic music, GSMD
Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social Plangineer (AICP) when I’m at work, alter ego CityNerd when I’m not. New videos on cities and transportation every Wednesday. Nerd4cities.com | http://linktr.ee/CityNerd
Out of Context Mickey Mouse Comics @oocmickeycomics.bsky.social A fan of classic, old Mickey Mouse comics and strips. This is an account dedicated to showing the fun, odd, very dated, and more moments of this series.
Derek Sivers @sive.rs Author of “Useful Not True”, “How to Live”, “Hell Yeah or No”. Former musician, circus performer, entrepreneur, and speaker. Everything is at https://sive.rs
Lucy Bellwood @lubellwoo.bsky.social Adventure Cartoonist. Emphatically not a raccoon.
Previously: BAGGYWRINKLES, 100 DEMON DIALOGUES. Next: SEACRITTERS!, a swashbuckling animal caper w/ Kate Milford - March ’27.
Heck the feed, send me mail: PO Box 734, Ojai CA 93024
lucybellwood.com
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social War, robots, & bad futures but imagining better. I edit @cipolicy.bsky.social's International Policy Journal, opinions my own. Unitarian Universalist. He/him. Husband to @alymay.bsky.social & father of 2.
Front takes towards enemies.
Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social eisner award winning cartoonist 💬 Nancy, PeePeePooPoo, Adventure Time, Etc
Kid Beyond @kidbeyond.bsky.social Electro-soul singer / Buddhist meditation teacher
Game + puzzle designer / Legendary beatboxer
Voice actor / Jeopardy winner
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the World Bollard Association™️. MERCH STORE - https://worldbollardassociation.team-togs.com/shop/storeorderform.php
Nic Barker @handle.invalid Open source developer & programming educator.
github.com/nicbarker for my projects.
https://www.youtube.com/@nicbarkeragain for programming videos.
ex engineering @canva & game dev @cerebralfix
Ola @olamusta.bsky.social Software Engineer, FP guy (particularly Haskell), I stream on programming (theory and practicals), gaming, piano, etc. on YT and Twitch @ola_musta.
I also sometimes write at thunk.blog. Opinions are my own
Civic Grit @civicgrit.bsky.social Urbanist and Philadelphia fan.
Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social Writer of things intended to be humor and animal lover. I post A LOT of pieces on my Substack page:"Still Looking for the Joke" https://substack.com/@merrillmarkoe?utm_source=user-menu
Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social www.wonkette.com
The Last Blog On the Internet. We ban trolls and Nazis.
Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social Elementary music teacher, Ph.D. candidate at CMER at University of South Florida. Public schools (& teachers’ unions) forever & ever. Eldest millennial raising & teaching Gen Alpha.
Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social Oubaitori
Internet Hedgehog 🦔
@ezhik.jp A hedgehog in Tokyo.
🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔
End-user programming believer.
日本語OK
https://ezhik.jp
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Chris Gethard @chrisgethard.bsky.social www.punchup.live/chrisgethard
Stand Up Special - https://800PGM.lnk.to/father
Comics Outta Context 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social Panels from #comics - out of context. That makes them funnier...sometimes. Your home for #ComicsOutofContextAfterDark and #HalJordanRuinsEverything.
Chris Loy @chrisloy.bsky.social AI Founder | CTO | Startup Advisor
Adam Conover @adamconover.net "Unlikable woke comedian" - the Daily Mail
Scott Anderson @impossible.bsky.social Game developer at @unity.com. Prev: Facebook Horizon, Oculus, Funomena , Call of Duty, ShadowPhysics
He/Him
Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social Freedom Writers Collaborative is a multi-state Indivisible chapter that is truly a grassroots operation providing messaging and social media content inspired by our progressive allies.
https://freedomwriterscollaborative.org/
ps @paultarvydas.bsky.social Why is programming so hard? Thinking about programming at the hardware level.
Brian Hicks @brianhicks.bsky.social Programmer and maker and general tinkerer. https://bytes.zone
Paul Scheer @paulscheer.com Black Monday|The League|Human Giant| NTSF:SD:SUV::
“Joyful Recollections of Trauma” is a NYT Bestseller & 2024 Vulture Book of the Year
Watch Dark Web on Yt
Listen to How Did This Get Made & Unspooled
https://linktr.ee/PAULSCHEER
Max Grafe @amagicreflexham.bsky.social Composer • Teacher • Racing • NJ • Anti-anti-modernist • he/him
https://composers.com/composers/max-grafe
Bandcamp @bandcamp.com Bandcamp is an online record store and music community where passionate fans connect with and directly support the artists they love.
Ingrid Laubrock @ingridlaubrock.bsky.social saxophonist and composer, based in Brooklyn.
Jamaaladeen Tacuma @jamaaladeen.bsky.social Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Bassist, Composer, Producer, Curator, Creative Director, Band Leader, Music Director, Stylist and more
Fire Museum Presents @firemuseumpresents.bsky.social still alive at 25!
James Bridle @jamesbridle.bsky.social Artist, author of New Dark Age (2018) and Ways of Being (2022). Free Palestine, Protect Trans Kids, for ever and ever. https://mastodon.social/@jamesbridle / jamesbridle.com
Maria Clara @fantasticplanets.bsky.social Amateur astronomer, sci-fi lover, STEM, art lover.
More women in science.
Working on my PhD
#transrightsarehumanrights
#loveistheanswer
#BLM
#landback
dan sinker @dansinker.com I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
Foxxy @foxxnolte.bsky.social I'm a cultural historian who's written extensively about Disney. Also somehow a cineaste, transfemme, and furry trash. 🏳️⚧️ she/her
Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social Squid biologist
Science communicator
Artist
Philadelphian
I run @SkypeAScientist.bsky.social
Creator of the SquidMobile
https://linktr.ee/Sarahmackattack
Bradley Morgan @bradleymorgan.bsky.social Author of “Frank Zappa’s America” (LSU Press, ‘25); “U2: Until the End of the World” (Gemini, ‘25); & “U2’s The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America” (Backbeat, ‘21). Interviewer for the New Books Network. Music film fest director for CHIRP Radio
TMB(ot)G @tmbotg.bsky.social A friendly bot broadcasting snippets of They Might Be Giants lyrics, including Linnell/Flansburgh solo material. Written by @bgporter.net
@spliceorg.bsky.social @spliceorg.bsky.social 
Adam @vidiksis.bsky.social #composer, #drummer, #musictech #electronicmusic #electroacoustic
Assoc. prof of music tech @ Temple University
Director of beeps, bleeps, & bloops 🤖💜🔊
drummer for SPLICE Ensemble 🥁
1/2 of aeroid.io
Music and art @ vidiksis.com
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The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Matt Godbolt @matt.godbolt.org Sometime verb, real person, lover of 8-bit computers, husband & father, trying to be a kind person. #blacklivesmatter; trans rights are human rights.
he/him
Trending - World @trendingworld.bsky.social We post the main trending topics in the world every 30 minutes. There are usage tips in the pinned post @terraprotege.bsky.social
Ispepnaibara @dkuzychromedinette.bsky.social guitar in Microwaves
also make visual art
semi retired maker of Phosphene Audio devices
Stan Kelly @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social Legendary Editorial Cartoonist for The Onion for over 50 years.
"The Most Powerful Name in Cartooning" (TM)
https://linktr.ee/stankelly
Cooklang (Alexey) @cooklang.bsky.social Markup Language for Recipes and Tools http://cooklang.org/
Detective Fin @icetsvu.bsky.social Sharing new drugs discovered on Law and Order SVU.
Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them) @reillypascal.bsky.social Composer & programmer who likes noise, obsolete media, electronics, and nostalgia
Website: https://reillyspitzfaden.com
Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@reillypascal
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Central NJ Yimby 🏗️🚲🚇🇺🇸 @princetonyimby.bsky.social Yes In My Backyard. Urbanism. Place. Transit. Bikes. Jersey.
I blog at: walkableprinceton.com
Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social Opinions are my own // comms @ aclu
https://linktr.ee/gbbranstetter
Arthur Carabott @acarabott.bsky.social Music software designer/developer
arthurcarabott.com
Lucrecia Dalt @lucreciadalt.bsky.social everything will be miraculously linked
Jeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social Deleted the stove emoji because we are now touching it.
Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social editor & scholar. Pop music, gender, philosophy. Books: GOOD VIBES ONLY; THE FUTURE OF ROCK & ROLL; THE SONIC EPISTEME; RESILIENCE & MELANCHOLY. Writing a 33 1/3 on The Breeders. Bylines all over, views could only be mine lol. its-her-factory.com
Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social Investigative climate reporter. Ida Tarbell stan. Run Drilled.media, contrib lots of places. Author "Brought To You By" @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social. Pod: https://push.fm/fl/drilled. YT:@DrilledMedia. Signal: adubs.78.
Leah Crane @leahc.bsky.social Space & physics features editor for New Scientist. No longer quantum, not yet relativistic. She/her/fast/furious.
Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com Scientist, science communicator, public health & climate justice advocate
Biology PhD from Cambridge
WHO Fides member, Grist 50 Fixer, Creative Change alum
New Yorker/Aussie
Opinions my own
https://instagram.com/luckytran
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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social Writer. Comms person.
Mostly sci/tech/health.
Sometimes music/food/culture.
Lifelong Eagles fan from the South. (We exist!)
Let’s make the South better, y’all.
Stuff I write for fun here: https://medium.com/@shiplives
FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social FWC is a multi-state Indivisible Group and a grassroots operation providing messaging and social media content inspired by our progressive allies.
https://indivisible.org
Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
https://bookshop.org/
Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com (He/Him) Folk Technologist • anthony.moser@gmail.com • N4EJ • http://www.BetterDataPortal.com • baker in The FOIA Bakery • http://publicdatatools.com • http://deseguys.com • #1 on hackernews when you search for "hater" • anthonymoser.github.io/writing/
Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com adventurer
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social Mother of twins. Friend of Gabriel Allon… Married to @danielsilvabooks …
CNN Special Correspondent
Can define “brat”
https://www.cnn.com/profiles/jamie-gangel-profile?cid=ios_app
Sitcom People @sitcompeople.bsky.social People from sitcoms
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